• "Great champion, a swashbuckler, a handsome man who entertained the ground" Seve Ballesteros fought brain cancer for three years, but was unable to fight it off anymore. The Spanish golf legend died early this morning. He was 54. RIP. [Sky News]

• Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia takes a perfect game into the eighth inning, and gives up just two hits in a shutout. St. Louis beats the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0. [St. Louis Post Dispatch]

• Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee strikes out 16, but his teammates get just two hits off of "Speed Racer" Derek Lowe in a shutout. The Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

ESPN's Buster Olney recently said this about Derek Lowe, on Bill Simmons' podcast:…
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• Until we find some yutes able to re-enact it on video, this photograph of Andre Ethier of the Dodgers extending his hitting streak to 30 games will have to suffice. Full disclosure: The picture is actually from an Ethier's second hit of the game, but you get the point. [ESPN]

• If you're at all interested in seeing a photograph of what prompted Perverted Justice to open a file on Nationals reliever Collin Balester, today's your lucky day. [Yardbarker]

Hines Ward, who guest blogs about Dancing With The Stars for the Los Angeles Times, was driving…
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• Brett Favre might want to get into coaching. Brett Favre might want to get into the TV booth. Brett Favre probably won't make Brett Favre's mind up anytime soon. But that doesn't mean Brett Favre wants you to stop talking about Brett Favre while you wait for Brett Favre to finally announce what Brett Favre's mind finally decides what Brett Favre's future should hold. Brett Favre. [New York Times]

• In a Fox! Sports!! Exclusive!!!, the racin' feud between Ryan Newman and Juan Pablo Montoya kicked up some Darlington dust yesterday. Montoya might could hablo to you about it, but he might won't: "I'm not going to tell you s—-. Let's leave it at that. What happened in the trailer was between me, Ryan Newman and NASCAR. That's it." [Fox Sports]

• Today's soccer-viewing recommendations: West Ham and Blackburn fight to fend off potential relegation at 9:55 a.m. [East London Advertiser]. If you're above bottom-feeding scrapping, Everton faces Manchester City five minutes later [Telegraph]. Over in Italian Scudetto-involved action, Roma and AC Milan face off at 2:30 p.m. [Goal]. And finally, enjoy Cristano Ronaldo and Real "Bound for LA in July" Madrid simultaneously play against Sevilla and pout about how Barca gets all the breaks at 3:55 p.m. [Sports Network].